Forming and finishing surfaces coated with zylonite



FORMINGAND FINISHING SURFACES COATED WlTH ZYLOINITE."

vduee a tacky or rice, as a roll or UNITE STATE PATE T OFFICE;

JARVIS nnsox, or .ADA s, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,240,

dated November 27, 1883.

Application filed April 28, 18837 (Specimens) To all whom may concern.-

Be it known that 1, J ARVIS B. EDsoN, of the town of Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Forming and Finishing Surfaces Coated with Zylonite or Substances of a Similar Gharacter,'of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in forming zylonite into a very thin sheet by the operation of cutting, the same as in the process of making veneer, and passing such thin sheet simultaneously through a pair of pressure-rolls or similar' grad ual ly-app roach ing surfaces, one surface of the said thin sheet a solvent of it immediately previous, to prostielry action of the same upon the surface to be coated while under pressure, as will hereinafter appear; or, in other words, after the sheet of zylonite is formed-say, from two to five thousandths of an inch in thicknesswhether formed roll, or in sheets asthey may be sliced from a body or mass of the same, as in the process of planing. I then introduce sheet between a pair of pressure-rolls or similar advancing surfaces, the piece of fabric, such as cloth or other textile material or leather, or thin sheets of wood,

one end of the said 'or any substance that it'is desirable to have coated, and which exists i'n sheets; and immediately before starting the rolls I introduce, either by a brush or a tube with jets, a sufficient quantity of the solvent, as collodion, between the two surfaces, so that as the rolls begin to revolve or the pressure advances the said substance will be compressed between the two surfaces of material, and the surplus of the fluid or solvent will be forced back, or prevented from passing through, on account of the close contact between the rolls or the pressure up on-the substances so combined, the result of which action I have found, is that the said solvent thus applied upon the surface of the zylonite or similar substance dissolves the thin opposite surface,

slightly sheet without injuring the and allows its surface to be forced into the interstices or fibers of the fabric upon which it is'hcld or pressed by the action of the rolls or their equivalent, and in having been treated by b :may' be covered, or that continuously as from asimultaneously with any suitable applying deperfect union between the may be coated in this manner without destroying the effect of the figures, and at the same time form a surface which is absolutely impervious to water. I thereby produce a nice water-proof fabric, which for wearing apparel, or for table covers or cuffs and collars, &c., which may be washed off with soap and water when desired. In such a case I have found it preferable that one of the rolls or pressing-surfaces should be made of rubber, so as to have aslightly-yielding action, in order not to destroy the figures upon the woven fabric.

It is evident that both sides of the substance both sides may be finished, as desired, for any purpose whatever, either simultaneously or at separate operations, and from such be cut, as by I therefore claim 1 The method herein dies or other convenient manner.

escribed of coating substances with zylonit'e, or its equivalent, which consists in introducing a thin sheet of the zylonite and a sheet of the material to be coated between graduallyadvancing surfaces, slightly dissolving the contact side of the zy-' lonite, and then compressing the sheets between the gradually-admncing surfaces, substantially as described. I

2. The method herein described of coating substances with zylonite, or its equivalent, which consists in introducing a thin sheet of the zylonite and a sheet of the material to be may be used sheets any articles may coated between gradually-advancingsurfaces,

then'introducing a solventbetween the two sheets to slightly dissolve the surface of the 'zylonite, and then immediately compressing the sheets between the gradually-advancing surfaces to disseminate the surplus solvent and unite the two sheets, substantially as described ,3. The method herein described of coating substances with zylonite, or its equivalent, which consists in introducing a thin shcetof the zylonite and a sheet of the material to be coated between gradually-advancing surfaces,

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one of which is yielding, then introducing a solvent between the two sheets to slightly dissolve the surface of the zylonite, and then immediately compressing the sheets between the 5 gradually-advancing surfaces Lo disseminate the surplus solvent and unite the two sheets, substantially as described.

4. As an article of manufacture, a sheet of fabric-such as cloth or other material-c0ated [O on one or both sides with thin sheets of zylonite, or its equivalent, through the medium of an interposed solvent, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto sub-- scribed my name and affixed my seal in the I 5 presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JARVIS B. EDSON. [a s] Witnesses: t I EUGENE N. ELIOT,

J. W. FRIEsToNTs. 

